Calling all dungeon crawlers and treasure hunters!!

The mining town of Torchlight needs your help! Traverse the 50 dungeon floors in search of loot, adventure and to secure the safety of the town from the evil bubbling up from beneath it.

While mining the townspeople stumbled upon a type of ore that is the richest and most pure element ever found known as ember. Ember is the essence of magic and a key component in alchemy but it is also a source of much evil. It is on you, the chosen champion, to help rid the town of all the evil crawling out from the dank underbelly of Torchlight.

KEY FEATURES

• Randomization – level layouts are randomly created, so each adventure is unique. Monsters, treasures, puzzles, and items are also different each time you embark on an adventure.
• Easy, approachable interface – The intuitive interface gives players easy access to a rich and varied world.
  
• Retirement System – Once characters are sufficiently leveled up, they can “retire” and bestow specific benefits and perks to new characters.
• Pets – Players will choose a pet to accompany them. Pets can level up along with the player, and will help in battle, carry items, and perform a variety of helpful services.
• Character Classes – Players will create and customize a character and choose an animal companion. Through cosmetic choices, skill path decisions, and the treasures they acquire, each character will be custom-tailored and different.
• Fishing – Players can take a break from the high-energy pace of adventuring to visit one of the fishing holes and relax and see what they can catch. Fish have interesting benefits for the player and pet, and other rewards can also be discovered
• Editor – Runic Games is embracing the modding community by providing an editor so our players can create and design their own content.

Three things really make this game worth purchasing:

1. It's similarity to Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction, Titan Quest and Fate. It's like if these three games were to have mated and then had a spawn, Torchlight would be said spawn. From the music, to the skill tree design, to the randomized level design and even to the story the similarities are too there to be missed. This is all due in part to the developers of the game. Development of the game is led by Travis Baldree, designer of Fate and Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer, co-designers of Diablo and Diablo II, joined by the team that developed Mythos. While similar, Torchlight still holds its own with its unique pet design, limitless modding and seemingly endless in and out of game extras, including achievements.

Torchlight Town Music


Diablo 2 Tristram Town Music


2. The what's next factor for the game. Right now Torchlight is a single player RPG that is exclusively for the PC but by 2011, there will be an MMORPG version of the game, that is still set in the town of Torchlight, and a version for the Xbox 360. "We're going to put some serious effort into it, pretty quick, getting Torchlight onto consoles," Runic CEO Max Schaefer confessed on The Rumble Pack on March 12, 2010.

3. Price! As has become the trend for most of my posts and most gamers price is a leading factor in purchasing a game. Retail Torchlight goes for $19.99 but you can find it on direct download sites like Steam, Direct2Drive.com, or gamestop.com for as low as $9.99 and on sale for $4.99 .